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This Is How We Care085: How We Build the Evolved Nest We Need to Thrive with Dr. Darcia NarvaezIn this episode of This Is How We Care, we sit down with developmental psychologist and author Dr. Darcia Narvaez to explore what children—and humanity—truly need to thrive.Drawing from neuroscience, anthropology, Indigenous wisdom, and decades of research, Dr. Narvaez introduces the concept of the Evolved Nest: the caregiving system humans evolved with for 99% of our history—and how far modern culture has drifted from it.Together, Emily and Darcia unpack how early “undercare” shapes everything from individual anxiety to collective violence, how capitalism and colonization disrupted our natural caregiving systems, and what it looks l...
2026-01-1457 min
Biohacking and Beyond! with ELi AbelaEpisode 38:Actualizing the Human Potential with Dr. Darcia Narvaez and the Evolved Nest BlueprintBiohacking and Beyond Podcast EpisodeKeywords: biohacking, moral development, early caregiving, community, trauma healing, breastfeeding, play, child development, neurobiology, social connectionSummary Host Elizabeth Abela talks with Dr. Darcia Narvaez about how early caregiving shapes neurobiology, emotions, morality & lifelong health. She shares the Evolved Nest framework—nature’s guide for raising resilient kids via responsive care, breastfeeding, play & community. They discuss trauma healing through self-regulation & safe relationships, cultural parenting effects, and the Nested Ambassador Program to support families.Key Takeaways - Earl...
2026-01-1253 min
The Rose WomanEvolutionary Wisdom + Neuroscience for Flourishing Children (and other Humans) with Dr. Darcia NarvaezDear Rosies,In this week’s episode of the Rose Woman, we explore the foundations of human flourishing with Dr. Darcia Narvaez, a groundbreaking researcher who bridges neuroscience, anthropology, and evolutionary wisdom. Dr. Narvaez is an explorer of human potential, asking profound questions about how early experiences shape our moral development, well-being, and connection to the world around us.Dr. Narvaez examines how early life experiences (the evolved nest) influence moral functioning and well-being in children and adults. Questions that interest her include: How does early experience shape human nature? What can sustainable in...
2025-07-1743 min
Local Futures PodcastThe Bristol Conversation – Darcia NarvaezWelcome to the Bristol Conversations, a new podcast and video series by Local Futures. In these longer-format, meandering episodes, our founder Helena Norberg-Hodge speaks with some of the great minds who joined us in Bristol for the Planet Local Summit.
We kick the series off with Darcia Narvaez. Darcia is professor emerita of psychology at the University of Notre Dame. She studies morality, child development and human flourishing, and she does so by integrating disciplines like anthropology, neuroscience, developmental psychology and evolutionary biology. Helena, in turn, holds a very compatible perspective on human development thanks to her...
2025-07-1524 min
Wild Heart RevivalE24 | Darcia Narvaez | Our Need for Nestedness: Nurturing Children and Community the Natural Way...“We all need nestedness throughout life.”— Darcia Narvaez..TICKETS TO DANCING WITH DARKNESS..Drawing from her personal experiences, research, and insights, Darcia invites us to rethink relationship, reimagine kinship, and rediscover child-rearing through an ecological lens. We discuss her research on “the evolved nest” and how it can inspire more balanced, harmonious ways of living and growing together.We explore the layers of nestedness...
2025-01-211h 08
Sounds of SAND#115 Remembering Nature’s Ways: Darcia NarvaezIn this live SAND Community Gathering (January 2025), SAND co-founders Maurizio and Zaya Benazzo welcome Darcia Narvaez, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, to discuss her interdisciplinary research on evolved morality, child development, and human flourishing. Narvaez shares insights from her book, The Evolved Nest, and explores the impact of modern parenting practices, the benefits of communal child-rearing, and the neurological and emotional development of children. The discussion also holds space for the importance of nature immersion, indigenous practices, and the detrimental effects of trauma on development. The episode concludes with practical tips for parents and...
2025-01-1655 min
The Infinite MiddleThe Evolved Nest with Darcia NarvaezIn this conversation, Darcia Narvaez discusses her book 'The Evolved Nest' and the importance of nurturing practices in childhood development. She emphasizes the need for community, connection, and understanding the natural instincts of children. The discussion covers various aspects of parenting, including the significance of breastfeeding, the role of play and nature, and the impact of technology on children's development. Narvaez advocates for a return to ancestral wisdom in raising children and highlights the importance of responsive relationships throughout life.
The Evolved Nest (Evolved Developmental Niche) (academic papers)Co-Founder, EvolvedNest.Org (podcasts, info...
2024-12-0752 min
What is a Good Life?What is a Good Life? #99 - Helping Spirit Flow with Darcia NarvaezOn the 99th episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Darcia Narvaez. Darcia is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, and Fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She uses an interdisciplinary approach to studying evolved morality, child development and human flourishing. Her most recent books include Restoring the Kinship Worldview, and The Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities. Her book, Neurobiology and the Development of...
2024-12-031h 05
Raising Parents: The Parenting Science Insights podcastDarcia Narvaez: Childhood Flourish – The Essence of the Evolved Nest | Raising Parents #58Welcome to another exciting episode of Raising Parents: The Parenting Science Insights Podcast, hosted by Marie Stella Quek. In this episode, we delve into the heart of child development with a fascinating discussion on "Childhood Flourish – The Essence of the Evolved Nest." Get ready to explore revolutionary ideas that could transform your parenting approach and nurture a thriving future for your children.
Our guest today is Darcia Narvaez, Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. A distinguished Fellow of multiple prestigious associations, Darcia's interdisciplinary research spans evolved morality, child development, and human flourishing. She ha...
2024-08-0240 minRaising Parents: The Parenting Science Insights podcastDarcia Narvaez: Childhood Flourish – The Essence of the Evolved Nest | Raising Parents #58Welcome to another exciting episode of Raising Parents: The Parenting Science Insights Podcast, hosted by Marie Stella Quek. In this episode, we delve into the heart of child development with a fascinating discussion on "Childhood Flourish – The Essence of the Evolved Nest." Get ready to explore revolutionary ideas that could transform your parenting approach and nurture a thriving future for your children.
Our guest today is Darcia Narvaez, Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. A distinguished Fellow of multiple prestigious associations, Darcia's interdisciplinary research spans evolved morality, child development, and human flourishing. She ha...
2024-08-0240 min
Sage FamilyEvolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez“Those who are nested are going to be . . . more fit . . . Evolution has done the experiments . . . so we don’t have to . . . do all those crazy things that researchers do because they don’t have any baseline for what is normal for our species in raising children, what I call ‘species typical’." Dr. Darcia Narvaez join me in today’s episode about the Evolved Nest. Darcia is a professor and author who studies evolved morality, child development, and human flourishing. We discuss the decision to have children, mutual accompaniment, breastfeeding, sharing care, free play, touch, emoti...
2024-07-1654 min
Reflections on Living WellEpisode 19 | Darcia NarvaezIn this episode I speak with Darcia Narvaez, PhD. Darcia is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Born in Minnesota (USA), she grew up living around the world as a bilingual/bicultural Puerto Rican-German American but calls Earth her home. Her earlier careers include professional musician, business owner, classroom music teacher, classroom Spanish teacher, and seminarian, among other endeavors. She uses an interdisciplinary approach to studying evolved morality, child development and human flourishing. Her most recent books include Restoring the Kinship Worldview, and The Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Co...
2024-05-201h 03
The Evolved Nest10th Anniversary Celebration With Darcia Narvaez On The Book That Birthed The Evolved NestRead more about this interview: https://kindredmedia.org/2024/05/10th-anniversary-celebration-with-darcia-narvaezs-book-that-birth-the-evolved-nest-a-video-discussion/
Lisa Reagan, Kindred’s editor, and Darcia Narvaez, Kindred World’s president, discuss the book that started it all, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture, and Wisdom. First published in 2014, the book received the 2015 William James Book Award from Division I of the American Psychological Association as well as the Moral Development and Education SIG at the American Educational Research Association. In 2017, the book was chosen from among more than 360 total entries from 170 universities and 30 countries for the Vatican’s Expanded Reason Award.
Since 2019, Darcia and Lisa have worked...
2024-05-1129 minKindred World10th Anniversary of THE Neurobiology Book with Darcia NarvaezRead more: https://kindredmedia.org/2024/05/10th-anniversary-celebration-with-darcia-narvaezs-book-that-birth-the-evolved-nest-a-video-discussion/
Lisa Reagan, Kindred’s editor, and Darcia Narvaez, Kindred World’s president, discuss the book that started it all, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture, and Wisdom. First published in 2014, the book received the 2015 William James Book Award from Division I of the American Psychological Association as well as the Moral Development and Education SIG at the American Educational Research Association. In 2017, the book was chosen from among more than 360 total entries from 170 universities and 30 countries for the Vatican’s Expanded Reason Award.
Since 2019, Darcia and Lisa have worked to bring this b...
2024-05-1129 min
Entangled WorldRestoring the Evolved Nest | Darcia NarvaezMy guest today is Darcia Narvaez. Darcia is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Born in Minnesota, U.S., she grew up living around the world as a bilingual/bicultural Puerto Rican-German American but calls Earth her home. Her earlier careers include professional musician, business owner, music teacher, Spanish teacher, and seminarian, among other endeavors. Darcia uses an interdisciplinary approach to studying evolved morality, child development, and human flourishing. Her most recent books include Restoring the Kinship Worldview, and The Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities bo...
2024-02-151h 18
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2024-02-1258 min
In Conversation with Nathalie Nahai134. The Evolved Nest: How We Raise Healthy, Wellness-Informed Communities / Darcia NarvaezToday, I speak with Darcia Narváez, award-winning author and Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame.Darcia is the founder of the public and professional educational outreach project The Evolved Nest Initiative, whose nonprofit mission is to share her science research into developing appropriate baselines for lifelong human wellness by meeting the biological needs of infants. This wellbeing baseline is imperative at this time as the United States ranks 41st out of 41 developed countries in public policies that support families. The former executive editor of the Journal of Moral...
2024-02-041h 00
Elevating ConsciousnessDarcia Narvaez - How Child Development Impacts Human MoralityDarcia Narvaez is a professor of psychology whose work explores the neurobiology of moral development, evolved parenting practices, and small-band hunter-gatherer societies. In 2020, she was identified as one of the top 2 percent of scientists worldwide in a recent analysis of 8 million scientists around the world. She is the president of Kindred World a non-profit dedicated to creating a wisdom-based worldview and the founder of the Evolved Nest a Kindred World initiative that integrates findings across various fields that bear on child development, child raising, and adult behavior while promoting optimal health and wellbeing, cooperation and sociomoral intelligences. She is...
2023-12-161h 18
World of Wisdom200. Darcia Narvaez - The evolved nest and the fact that how we care for eachother influences the worldDarcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology at Notre Dame university (web, university) has lived many contexts and careers before she started her research on the Evolved nest and the kinship worldview. She has written a number of books on the topic of how we care for our children, or lack of care for them, has deep implications for the world we live in today. This conversation centers around that concept and how we can break the cycle (film) and re-imagine humanity (film) in ways that take us in more regenerative directions. This is an incredibly important and timely conversation. Host...
2023-12-131h 17
Latchkey Urchins & FriendsS3.E5. The Warmth of Nurturance: Healing Frozen Brains and Childhoods—Dr. Darcia NarvaezSend us a textWe interview Darcia Narvaez, co-author of the book The Evolved Nest: Nature's Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities. Darcia Narvaez, Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, is Fellow of American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Association for Psychological Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science. She studies evolved morality, child development & human flourishing in a transdisciplinary manner. Her book, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom won multiple awards. Recent books include Restoring the Kinship Worldview, a...
2023-12-051h 08
Les Émergents05. La théorie du «Nid Évolué» par Darcia Narvaez et G.A Bradshaw - Exploration de livre #2Dans cet épisode, Élisabeth explore les neuf composantes de la niche écologique de soin des humains relevées par Darcia Narvaez dans son ouvrage The Evolved Nest. Sujets sensibles au menu!
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Préparez les générations futures à une vie épanouissante, libérées de la nécessité perpétuelle de guérir leur enfance.
Rejoignez Élisabeth Dufresne (Éducation Autrement), éducatrice à l’enfance, dans son nouveau podcast qui explore sans détour les fondamentaux de l’éducation des enfants : la théorie de l’attachement et le jeu libre.
Depuis sa chambre nichée dans les Cant...
2023-12-0445 min
The Caring InstinctJoe & Olga with Darcia Narvaez on Nesting Our ChildrenWhat is more natural to humans, competition or cooperation? How does a child grow into a good person and how can we help? How do we cultivate joy, curiosity and flexibility, as opposed to fear and rigidity, the patterns our society finds itself in a lot of the time? Finally, how do we raise children that feel one with Nature, are nurtured by her wisdom and kind to other living things? This conversation is only an entryway to Darcia Narvaez’s rich work in psychology, neurobiology and anthropology. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. You can fi...
2023-09-2838 min
Last Born In The Wilderness351 / The Evolved Nest / Darcia Narvaez + G.A. BradshawDarcia Narvaez returns to the podcast, along with co-author G.A. Bradshaw, to discuss their new book, The Evolved Nest: Nature's Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities published by North Atlantic Books.
By drawing on the ancestral legacies of child-rearing and broader nesting practices and contemporary breakthroughs in neurology and developmental psychology, we can better understand how integral intergenerational cultural practices bear on the complex development of human beings. But, what of our animal kin? What are their evolved nests, and what lessons can we learn from them? How does a broken or intact human evolved nest impact...
2023-09-271h 14
Better Than Fine With Darlene MarshallEncore Presentation: Dr Darcia Narvaez - Evolved NestWith so many topics in wellness and wellbeing it can feel overwhelming to weave them all together, as if we're living out of sync with what people really need. In this encore episode of the “Better Than Fine” podcast, host Darlene Marshall is joined by featured guest, Dr. Darcia Narvaez whose recent book, Evolved Nest, focuses on the foundation of wellbeing that all of us evolved to thrive in.The most trusted name in fitness is now expanding into the wellness world. Become an NASM Certified Wellness Coach and you’ll be able to guide and mot...
2023-08-241h 07
Enjoy Anthology of Full Audiobooks in Kids, Animals & NatureEvolved Nest: Nature's Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities - Darcia NarvaezListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Evolved Nest: Nature's Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected CommunitiesAuthor: Darcia NarvaezNarrator: Cindy KayFormat: UnabridgedLength: 7:05:10Language: EnglishRelease date: 08-08-2023Publisher: North Atlantic BooksGenres: Non-Fiction, PsychologySummary:A fascinating look into nurturing and parenting in the natural world, supplemented with original illustrations
For readers of Becoming Animal and World of Wonders
A beautiful resource for Nature advocates, parents-to-be, Animal lovers, and anyone who seeks to restore...
2023-08-087h 05
Resistance RadioResistance Radio interview of Darcia NarvaezDarcia Narvaez is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the American Educational Research Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Born in Minnesota, she grew up living around the world as a bilingual/bicultural Puerto Rican-German American but calls Earth her home. Her earlier careers include professional musician, business owner, classroom music teacher, classroom Spanish teacher, and seminarian, among other things. In her academic career, she employs a lifespan, interdisciplinary approach to studying evolved morality, child development and human flourishing, integrating anthropology, n...
2023-08-0752 min
Postpartum ProductionS2E9 - Alloparenting in the Modern Era: Re-envisioning Parenting and Human Community with Dr Darcia Narvaez**This episode is brought to you in partnership with the With Her and Mind Awareness Campaign of Mindful Philanthropy. Learn how you can act ‘with her in mind’ by visiting www.withherinmind.org.**_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_"Throughout life, we need people who are responsive to us, who listen, who think we matter enough to be listened to and who support us. And we also need alloparents. So all these components are not just for mom to do...
2023-07-1251 min
The True Health Podcast43) Darcia Narvaez (PhD): Childhood Psychology, Indigenous Wisdom & Reimagining HumanityMy guest today is Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Educational Research Association and many others. Her work is powerful, ground-breaking and vast. It scales from something as seemingly small as a parent’s interaction with their crying baby, all the way to the full scope of human evolution, and the interplay between it all.
She employs an interdisciplinary approach to studying child development, evolved morality and human flourishing, integrating anthropology, neuroscience, evolutionary and educational sciences.
She hosts EvolvedNest.org, is president of...
2023-06-1951 min
The Superhumanize PodcastThe Evolved Nest: Lessons from the Natural World to Raise Healthy Children and Create Global Peace with Dr. Darcia Narvaez and Dr. Gay BradshawWelcome to another episode of The Superhumanize Podcast, where we explore groundbreaking ideas and practices that elevate our understanding of human potential. I'm your host, Ariane, and today we have the privilege of diving deep into the world of child development and connected communities with two remarkable guests, Dr. Darcia Narvaez and Dr. Gay Bradshaw.Dr. Darcia Narvaez is a renowned Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame and an esteemed scholar whose work has significantly shaped the field of developmental psychology. With a focus on moral development and the crucial role of early...
2023-05-2851 min
Self DirectedDarcia Narvaez | The Evolved Nest: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Parenting and a Connected SocietyWhat if the key to raising well-adjusted, connected children lies in the practices of our ancestors? Join us as we explore the evolved nest with Darcia Narvaez, diving into the fascinating world of natural birth, mothering, and the importance of soothing perinatal experiences. Through stories of our own births and parenting experiences, we'll uncover the consequences of our modern, medicalized birth systems and the need for a supportive, nurturing environment.In this conversation, we'll discuss the benefits of breastfeeding and the role of fathers in the nurturing process. We'll also examine the societal impact and p...
2023-05-041h 26
The Wise Effort ShowHow the Indigenous Worldview Can Support Greater Harmony for All Beings on Planet Earth With Four Arrows and Darcia NarvaezOur worldview shapes our perceptions and actions towards each other and the world around us. In this special Earth Day episode, Diana Hill talks with Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez about the core precepts of an indigenous worldview. Together these precepts can guide us to live more harmoniously with each other and the earth. We explore the indigenous worldview’s emphasis on community welfare, respect for gender role fluidity, the sacred nature of competition, and living from our wise hearts.Related ResourcesGet enhanced show notes for this episodeOrder my book, Wise Effort: How to Fo...
2023-04-171h 02
Untaming72. Darcia Narvaez: Evolved Nest(Interview starts at 5.57)
It is currently the Last Quarter of the Flower Moon here in the Southern Hemisphere.
Award-winning neuroscience researcher Darcia Narvaez, PhD, was born in Minneapolis and spent part of her childhood in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia and Spain. She currently lives in South Bend, Indiana with her husband Daniel.
Her current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and educational sciences in her theories and research about human nature and human development.
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2022-11-1658 min
PUNK Therapy | Psychedelic Underground Neural Kindness12 - The Evolved Nest, Community, and Connection with Darcia NarvaezContent Warning: Childhood trauma and violence.Dr. T and The Truth Fairy welcome Dr. Darcia Narvaez to the show to discuss her work on the neurobiology of moral development. They specifically address her Evolved Nest theory and shed light on how greater connections can heal. Dr. Narvaez explains in detail how the Evolved Nest is the set of developmental provisions we give to the young. There are nine components that affect development and which Dr. Narvaez studies. The first components specifically refer to infants but the rest involve adults with themes like nature, immersion and c...
2022-10-1055 min
Adventures Through The MindRestoring The Kinship/Indigenous Worldview | Four Arrows & Darcia Narvaez, PhDDarcia Narvaez, PhD and Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) join us to explore various precepts of the indigenous worldview—aka the kinship worldview—how we might restore that worldview in both our personal lives and the world at large. We also explore the basis of what a worldview is and why our guests propose there are only two, the indigenous/kinship worldview and the dominant/Western worldview. We go in-depth on the historical rise and impact of the dominant worldview and the intergenerational cycle of trauma it propagates; the left brain / right brain dynamic and how it aligns with...
2022-10-071h 56
CIIS Public ProgramsFour Arrows and Darcia Narvaez: On Indigenous Voices and Restoring the Kinship WorldviewAuthor and Professor of Education, Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), and author and Professor Emerita of Psychology Darcia Narvaez have both written and lectured extensively on the need to integrate Indigenous worldviews into every aspect of society—from education to sustainability, wellness, and justice.
In this episode, Four Arrows and Darcia offer a conversational exploration of their most recent collaboration as editors of the anthology, Restoring the Kinship Worldview, which presents the wisdom of Indigenous worldviews and how embracing these precepts can nourish our individual and collective lives in these challenging times through 28 powerful excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders including Mourning Do...
2022-10-0654 min
UNVEILED: exploring psychedelics and spiritualityRestoring the Kinship Worldview: Dr. Darcia Narvaez on Indigenous wisdom for the Psychedelic RenaissanceDr. Darcia Narvaez, professor of Psychology at Notre Dame, talks about her new book, Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth. We explore the insights that this worldview framework has to offer those interested in using plant-medicines to help bring balance healing to our world.
https://darcianarvaez.com/
https://www.kindredmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/Worldview-Chart-Starry-Sky-12-2021-FINAL.pdf
For more information on psychedelics and the Canadian court challenge to gain legal access to these healing medicines check out check out https://therapsil.ca/
2022-08-181h 31
Kindred WorldWhat Is Downshifting? With Darcia Narvaez and Mary TarshaWe can all become self-protective when we feel threatened and downshift to our survival systems which affect our perceptions and actions. This is part one of a two part podcast:
1. What Is Downshifting?
2. The Scope of Healing
Our Evolved Nest is our Evolutionary Pathway to Wellbeing and Thriving
Learn more about the Evolved Nest on Kindred Media: https://www.kindredmedia.org/topics/conscious-parenting/evolved-nest/
About Darcia Narvaez: https://www.kindredmedia.org/author/darcia-narvaez-phd/
About Mary Tarsha: https://www.kindredmedia.org/author/mary-tarsha/
2022-07-3017 min
Enjoy Anthology of Full Audiobooks in Kids, Animals & NatureRestoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth - Darcia NarvaezListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet EarthAuthor: Darcia NarvaezNarrator: Darcia Narvaez, Sage Ryan, Wahinkpe Topa (four Arrows)Format: UnabridgedLength: 9:22:32Language: EnglishRelease date: 07-26-2022Publisher: North Atlantic BooksGenres: History, Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, North America, Social ScienceSummary:Selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world--necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction...
2022-07-269h 22
The Superhumanize PodcastThe Nine Components of a Whole Human Experience, Overcoming Childhood Trauma, Instilling a Sense of Purpose in Youth and Much More with Dr. Darcia NarvaezMany of us believe that the culture we live in mirrors innate human nature. But today’s dominant cultures of competitive destructive detachment are rare and recent. Nearly every other culture that has ever existed during our species history over millions of years has been one of connected cooperative companionship. We evolved in cooperative bands of kin and nonkin where we were nurtured and welcomed by all members of the community. We lived together, we gathered food together, we sang together, and we danced together. We knew it would have been impossible to survive on our own. But together, we...
2022-07-201h 04
The AllCreation PodcastDr. Darcia Narvaez on Restoring Connective TissueDarcia Narvaez, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame and a research pioneer integrating work on child flourishing, human moral development, healthy psyche, and Indigenous Peoples' worldview. Professor Narvaez talks here about her breakthrough works, the meaning of "The Evolved Nest," and her new book, "Restoring the Kinship Worldview." She also shares principles and strategies for restoring feelings of connectedness, calm and security to your own life and to couples, families, and communities. About DarciaIn addition to being Professor Emerita of Psychology Emerita at Notre Dame, Darcia...
2022-06-2158 min
Rough DraftsDr. Darcia Narvaez on "Restoring Connective Tissue"Dr. Darcia Narvaez is Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame and a research pioneer integrating work on child flourishing, human moral development, healthy psyche, and Indigenous Peoples' social values. Professor Narvaez talks about her breakthrough work, the meaning of "The Evolved Nest," and her new book, "Restoring the Kinship Worldview."About DarciaDarcia Narvaez, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Psychology Emerita at Notre Dame, a fellow to the American Psychological Association, and a fellow to the American Educational Research Association. She's written, co-authored, and edited more than 20 books. Her...
2022-06-2058 min
Last Born In The Wilderness323 / Kinship Worldview / Darcia Narvaez + Four ArrowsDarcia Narvaez and Four Arrows join me to discuss their recently published book ‘Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth,’ a work that contains "selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world—necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction toward a sustainable, interconnected future."
As I comment in the beginning of this discussion, reading this book has been a necessary balm to the various subjects I've explored on the podcast of late. This work has reminded me that our civilization's capacity for mass violence, systemic oppres...
2022-06-201h 04
The Ripple Effect PodcastThe Ripple Effect Podcast (Dr. Don "Four Arrows" Jacobs & Darcia Narvaez, PhD | Restoring the Kinship Worldview)Professor Darcia Narvaez returns to the show, with author Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa), aka Dr. Don Trent Jacobs, to discuss their new book, RESTORING THE KINSHIP WORLDVIEW: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth.DARCIA NARVAEZ, PhDRestoring The Kinship Worldview (Book): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690771/restoring-the-kinship-worldview-by-wahinkpe-topa-four-arrows/Website: https://darcianarvaez.com/Website: https://evolvednest.org/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoralLandscapesUniversity of Notre Dame page: https://sites.nd.edu/darcianarvaez/DR. DON "FOUR ARROWS" JACOBS Restoring The Kinship Worldview (Book): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690771/re...
2022-05-121h 11
Mindful Mama: Raising Kind, Confident Kids Without Losing Your Cool | Parenting Strategies For Big Emotions & MoreIndigenous Wisdom for Parenting - Darcia NarvaezToday, we're going to be sitting down with Darcia Narvaez, professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame and host of EvolvedNest.org. She's also the author of the award-winning book, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom. Listen in as we talk about indigenous wisdom, the “Evolved Nest,” and their influence on health, wellbeing, our society, and our kids.*New!* Watch video clips from this episode on the Mindful Mama Youtube channel!If you enjoyed this episode, and it inspired you in some way, I’d love to hear about...
2022-04-1953 min
Adventures Through The MindReclaiming Our Humanity with The Evolved Nest | Darcia Narvaez PhD - ATTMind 158Dr. Darcia Narvaez joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to explore how early life experiences shape our morality and culture in adulthood and the kind of early life that leads to human thriving—what she calls The Evolved Nest. We also explore the impact 10,000 years of unnested children is having on our psychology, our morality, and our civilization as a whole; how early life nesting experiences lead to what Narvaez's calls Cycled Of Cooperative Companionship; and how the undercare of being unnested leads to Cycles Of Competitive Detachment—the cycle most of us are locked into now...
2022-04-031h 29
Play It Forward, A Wearthy PodcastPaying attention Feat. Darcia NarvaezIn Episode 2, Season 3 of Play it Forward, Lukas reconnects with Professor of Psychology Emerita at Notre Dame University, Darcia Narvaez. In 2020, Darcia was identified as one of the top 2% of scientists worldwide. She is an award-winning author and the founder of educational outreach project, The Evolved Nest Initiative. Lukas and Darcia chat about the wellness-informed pathway versus the trauma-inducing pathway, the importance of connecting to the natural world and the healing power of play.
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2022-03-3153 min
That's So Second MillenniumEp 138 - Darcia Narvaez, Insights About Humanity for a Suffering World
Darcia Narvaez, who holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, is a prolific public intellectual who uses many tools of multimedia communication to do research and to address needs of everyday people. Her work enhances and taps deeply rooted wisdom about human nature so that it can be applied in everday tasks, such as parenting.
She is a Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame. Links to much of her work can be found at her personal website, as well as her Notre Dame faculty site.
A capstone of Prof. Narvaez’s i...
2022-03-2836 min
Kindred WorldRestoring the Kinship Worldview: A Discussion with Authors Four Arrows and Darcia NarvaezFour Arrows and Darcia Narvaez discuss their new book, Restoring the Kinship Worldview. Learn more about worldview and discover Four Arrows' Indigenous Worldview Chart on Kindred here: https://www.kindredmedia.org/glossary/indigenous-worldview/
The book features selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world--necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction toward a sustainable, interconnected future.
Indigenous worldviews, and the knowledge they confer, are critical for human survival and the wellbeing of future generations. Editors Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez present 28 powerful excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders, including Mourning Dove, Robin...
2022-03-1847 min
The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton#192 Learning From The Indigenous - with Darcia Narvaez> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/
This week's guest on Being Human is Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame.
I love Darcia's work because, unlike other psychologists, she doesn't simply look at our society's current pathologies and ask, how do we fix this?
She takes in the broad sweep of human societal evolution and notes how our current ways of being and relating haven't always been so. She focuses especially on what we can learn from past and present indigenous cultures.
We talk:
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2021-11-271h 05
UTOKing with GreggEp 32 | UTOKing with Darcia Narvaez | Morality starts in the WombIn Episode 32, Gregg welcomes Dr. Darcia Narvaez. She is Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, and has recently been identified as one of the top 2% of scientists worldwide. She is author of many excellent books and articles, including one of Gregg's all-time favorites, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture, and Wisdom. In this episode, she describes her conception of the "Evolved Nest," which maps the key social, physiological, and ecological features that foster healthy human socio-emotional and moral development. They explore how this Nest aligns with the UTOK Tree...
2021-10-181h 26
Body Literacy PodcastAttachment Parenting and the Evolved Nest with Dr. Darcia NarvaezLet us know what you think of this episode!I’m joined for a compelling conversation on the wisdom offered by indigenous cultures, past and present, and the benefits of attachment parenting by Dr. Darcia Narvaez, Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, researches moral development and human flourishing from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating anthropology, neuroscience, clinical, developmental and educational sciences. Her earlier careers include professional musician, business owner, classroom music teacher, classroom Spanish teacher and seminarian, among other things. She grew up as a bilingual/bicultural Puerto Rican but calls the earth her ho...
2021-07-0954 min
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2021-05-2058 min
Brendon Marotta ShowThe Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez (#011)Darcia Narvaez shares her research on neurobiology and the development of human morality, along with practical tips to create what she calls an Evolved Nest or way of raising human beings that is natural and loving. Topics Discussed In This Episode [0:57] Daricia Narvaez’s Book on human development “Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality”[02:07] Early childhood experiences and inter-generational effects [03:45] How early life experiences set us up for our “blueprint” life path and how adult healing can potentially change it[07:01] The “Evolved Nest” and how to create it. [09:00] Brain development and the link to breas...
2021-04-2753 min
A More Beautiful Life with Kate WhiteEpisode 33: Darcia Narvaez and The Evolved NestDarcia Narvaez, Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, researches moral development and human flourishing from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating anthropology, neuroscience, clinical, developmental and educational sciences. Her earlier careers include professional musician, business owner, classroom music teacher, classroom Spanish teacher and seminarian, among other things. She grew up as a bilingual/bicultural Puerto Rican but calls the earth her home. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences wellbeing and moral character in children and adults. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association and former editor of...
2021-04-2724 min
The Ripple Effect PodcastThe Ripple Effect Podcast (Darcia Narvaez, PhD | Primal Parenting & Indigenous Wisdom)Dr. Darcia Narvaez is an professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, author & researcher. She is an expert in how children are raised in different cultures around the world, human evolution, and morality and much more, which are all topics we discuss.DARCIA NARVAEZ, PhDBooks: https://www.amazon.com/Darcia-Narv%C3%A1ez/e/B001KHO8LOWebsite: https://evolvednest.org/Website: https://sites.nd.edu/darcianarvaez/Website: https://darcianarvaez.com/Website: https://www3.nd.edu/~dnarvaez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoralLandscapesTHE RIPPLE EFFECT PODCAST
2021-04-121h 27
The Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio ShowConnecting to Nature: Indigenous Wisdom Meets Neurobiology; Darcia Narvaez and Four ArrowsFor this show we talk about connection to nature, with the show being inspired by Darcia Narvaez' s study, Indigenous Nature Connection: A 3-Week Intervention Increased Ecological Attachment.
2020-07-1358 min
Last Born In The Wilderness248 / Shifting Baselines / Darcia NarvaezIn this episode, I speak with Darcia Narvaez PhD, Professor of Psychology at Notre Dame University. Professor Narvaez is the author and editor of numerous books, including Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom, and Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing. She also writes regularly for Psychology Today with her Moral Landscapes column, which explores her work with parenting, child development, self-development, and morality.
The first time I spoke with Darcia was almost three years ago, back when I was first beginning to do interviews for this podcast. A great deal has changed and...
2020-05-201h 14
The Evolved Nest23. Dangers Of Separating Children From Caregivers; Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: What are the dangers of separating children from their caregivers? How does this early trauma impact lifelong wellness, or illness, for all homo sapiens?
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in he...
2020-04-0621 minThe Evolved Nest24. Are Humans Naturally Violent And Sex - Crazed? Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: Are humans naturally violent and sex-crazed? Dr. Narvaez explains why this mythology isn't true about our species.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in her theories and research about human nature an...
2020-04-0618 minThe Evolved Nest22. Basic Needs, Part 2; Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: Self-Actualized people have many of the same characteristics and lifestyles. Learn what these are how you can begin implementing them in your own life to further your self-actualization.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences so...
2020-04-0616 min
The Evolved Nest21. Basic Needs, Part 1; Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: What are basic needs and why do we need to learn about them? From Maslow to Narvaez, learn how the understanding of basic needs has changed.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, we...
2020-04-0615 min
The Evolved Nest20. Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom; Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: How can we restore our sense of connection to nature and the earth? Experts from several fields share their know-how and guidance.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in...
2020-04-0621 min
The Evolved Nest19. Overcoming Nature Deficit Disorder; Evolved Nest and Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: Being disconnected from nature can lead to negative outcomes. Learn how to reconnect with the living world around you.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and ad...
2020-04-0516 min
The Evolved Nest18. What is Free Play? The Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: Focusing on yourself alone can be a lonely and even dangerous place. But including others in your circle of concern can lead to great relationship and communion.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal cu...
2020-04-0519 minThe Evolved Nest17. Expanding Your Social Self; Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: Focusing on yourself alone can be a lonely and even dangerous place. But including others in your circle of concern can lead to great relationship and communion.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal cu...
2020-04-0518 minThe Evolved Nest16. Moving Toward Wholeness; Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: Wholeness is state of being. It is also a mindset that helps us learn wisdom. Learn how to move toward this state of being and mindset in order to learn wisdom.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early li...
2020-04-0521 min
The Evolved Nest15. Moral Fitness; Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDDESCRIPTION: How can you be your very best? What does that mean? Find out how to become morally fit.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. Sh...
2020-04-0517 minThe Evolved Nest14. Peace Ethology; Evolved Nest with Darcia NarvaezDESCRIPTION: Peace Ethology: Humanity evolved to create cooperative peaceful societies. We are made for peace. But how do we know this? Learn about small-band hunter gathers and our heritage.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in her theories and research ab...
2020-04-0519 min
The Evolved Nest13. Wisdom, Part 3: Baselines for Virtue; Evolved Nest with Darcia NarvaezDESCRIPTION: What’s normal for human beings? Are we necessarily violent? That is not what the evidence shows. Learn why!
Primal Wisdom is about being present, being here and now, whereas Western worldviews have abandoned our connection with nature and instead advocate escaping nature and controlling it. How do these worldviews manifest in our culture today? In our way of being in the world today?
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. He...
2020-04-0524 minThe Evolved Nest12. Wisdom, Part 2: What Is Primal Wisdom? Evolved Nest with Darcia NarvaezListen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
DESCRIPTION: Primal Wisdom: Learn about different kinds of wisdom and how Primal Wisdom differs from Traditional Wisdom.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in her th...
2020-04-0520 minThe Evolved Nest11. What Is Wisdom? Part 1; Evolved Nest with Darcia NarvaezListen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
DESCRIPTION: We discuss what wisdom looks like from the perspective of a healthy-functioning brain and a holistic orientation to living.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and ad...
2020-04-0511 minThe Evolved Nest10. The Good Samaritan and Contrasting Moral Mindsets; Evolved Nest with Darcia NarvaezListen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
DESCRIPTION: We use the Good Samaritan story to explain the different moral mindsets people can adopt in everyday life.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. Sh...
2020-04-0513 minThe Evolved Nest9. Triune Ethics Meta - Theory; The Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez, PhDListen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
DESCRIPTION: Discussed are the different moral mindsets people use and which are more conducive to happiness, health and flourishing.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. Sh...
2020-04-0522 minThe Evolved Nest8. The Evolved Nest: Attachment Companionship, with Darcia Narvaez, PhDYoung and old all experience human attachments but we do so in different ways. Learn what these different ways are and what the healthiest form, companionship attachment, is and how to live it out.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores ho...
2020-04-0520 minThe Evolved Nest7. The Evolved Nest: Attachment When It Goes Wrong, Darcia Narvaez, PhDWhat happens when you do not receive what you need in early life? The effects of a nonresponsive and insensitive childhood are discussed.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in...
2020-04-0518 minThe Evolved Nest6. The Evolved Nest: The Tremendous Benefits Of Breastmilk, with Darcia Narvaez, PhDIt almost seems magical when you begin to learn about all the benefits of breastmilk. Find out why breastmilk provides lifelong benefits for little ones.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and so...
2020-04-0518 minThe Evolved Nest5. The Evolved Nest: Ethical Mindsets, with Darcia Narvaez, PhDWe have different ethical mindsets and which we prefer can be affected by our early life experience. Triune Ethics Meta-Theory helps us understand what these mindsets are and why we shift into one or another.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research ex...
2020-04-0519 minThe Evolved Nest4. The Evolved Nest: Cycle Of Competitive Detachment, with Darcia NarvaezWhen we don’t provide the Evolved Nest to our young, we can end up with a cycle of stress, self-centeredness and detachment, from baby to culture.
Listen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, well...
2020-04-0521 minThe Evolved Nest3. The Evolved Nest: Cycle Of Cooperative Companionship with Darcia Narvaez, PhdListen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
DESCRIPTION: Why are some people cooperative and others are not? The Evolved Nest sheds light on how we can grow and raise people of cooperation and build thriving communities.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
About Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Darcia Narvaez is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences so...
2020-04-0520 minThe Evolved Nest2. The Evolved Nest: Cycles Of Development, with Darcia Narvaez, PhDListen to award-winning neuroscience researcher, Darcia Narvaez, PhD, share foundational insights into the Evolved Nest.
DESCRIPTION: What we experience in early life and childhood eventually affects the whole society. Find out how we can make big changes to our world, starting with the little ones.
Visit the nonprofit initiative at www.EvolvedNest.org.
2020-04-0520 min
The Evolved Nest1. Introduction to the Evolved Nest, with Darcia Narvaez, PhDAn Introduction to The Evolved Nest
How can we maximize human flourishing? The answer—the Evolved Nest! Learn what the Nest is and how it fosters human potential.
The Evolved Nest is a breakthrough concept that integrates findings across fields that bear on child development, child raising and adult behavior. The Evolved Nest promotes optimal health and wellbeing, cooperation, and receptive and sociomoral intelligences. Societal moves away from providing the Evolved Nest have contributed to the ill being and dysregulation we see in one another and society. Learn how to nest your children and re-nest yourself.
2020-03-2131 minThat's So Second MillenniumEpisode 096 - How a Strong Nest Can Lift Society Higher, with Darcia NarvaezWe welcome Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D., to the microphone. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in developmental cognition, the human brain, and behavior.
She has authored or edited numerous books, including Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First Nation Know-how for Global Flourishing (2019); Basic needs, wellbeing and morality: Fulfilling human potential (2018); and Developing the virtues: Integrating perspectives (2016).
A cornerstone of her research, Neurobiology and the development of human morality: Evolution, culture and wisdom (2014), received the Expanded Reason Award from University Francisco de Vitoria and the Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. The award recognizes innovation in scie...
2020-03-0938 min
The Moral Science PodcastIndigenous Wisdom with Darcia NarvaezDr. Darcia Narvaez is a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame. There, she directs the Evolved Developmental Morality Lab, where her program of research concerns how provision of physical, emotional, and social resources early in life bear upon the development of ethical behavior. In this episode, we discuss her recent book, Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing, edited along with Four Arrows, Eugene Halton, Brian Collier, and Georges Enderle. The conversation focuses on indigenous ethical traditions, and how those traditions conceptualize humanity’s relationship with and responsibilities to the natural world.
Tr...
2020-02-1151 minEqual Time For FreethoughtShow 597: Darcia NarvaezDarcia Narvaez on Basic Needs, Wellbeing, and Morality
Dr. Narvaez’ research explores questions of species-typical and species-atypical development in terms of wellbeing, morality, and sustainable wisdom. She examines how early life experience (the evolved nest) influences moral functioning and wellbeing in children and adults. She integrates evolutionary, anthropological, neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in her work. Questions that interest her include: How does early experience shape human nature? What do sustainable indigenous societies have to teach the modern world? What types of moral orientations do individuals develop in species-typical and -atypical environments? What is indigenous ecological wis...
2019-09-2500 min
Equal Time For FreethoughtShow 597: Darcia NarvaezDarcia Narvaez on Basic Needs, Wellbeing, and Morality
Dr. Narvaez’ research explores questions of species-typical and species-atypical development in terms of wellbeing, morality, and sustainable wisdom. She examines how early life experience (the evolved nest) influences moral functioning and wellbeing in children and adults. She integrates evolutionary, anthropological, neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in her work. Questions that interest her include: How does early experience shape human nature? What do sustainable indigenous societies have to teach the modern world? What types of moral orientations do individuals develop in species-typical and -atypical environments? What is indigenous ecological wis...
2019-09-2500 minThe Moral Science PodcastThe Evolved Nest with Darcia NarvaezDr. Darcia Narvaez is a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame. There, she directs the Evolved Developmental Morality Lab, where her program of research concerns how provision of physical, emotional, and social resources early in life bear upon the development of ethical behavior. This early physical and social environment, the so-called “evolved nest,” and it’s effects are the topic of our conversation today. Her recent work and book, Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing, concerns understanding and integrating indigenous wisdom for how to live a good life. In addition to her scholarly works...
2019-09-031h 05The Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio ShowIndigenous Wisdom: Essential Learnings From Native Americans: Darcia Narvaez and Four ArrowsDarcia Narvaez and Four Arrows, among the co-authors of an incredible new book, Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-how for Global Flourishing
2019-08-2658 minUntaming1. Darcia Narvaez: What Does A Human Really Need?Award-winning neuroscience researcher Doctor Darcia Narvaez was born in Minneapolis and spent part of her childhood in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia and Spain. She currently lives in South Bend, Indiana with her husband Daniel.
Her current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and educational sciences in her theories and research about human nature and human development.
Show Notes
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Book: Breastfeeding Older Children: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7176041...
2019-05-311h 05That's So Second MillenniumEpisode 056 - Darcia Narvaez on the (other) tragedy of the commons and moral/economic disengagement in civilized societyToday we present the second half of the interview with Darcia Narvaez, social scientist at Notre Dame and a specialist in childhood inculturation, attachment, and bonding issues.
We start out this half of the interview with a discussion of what Karl Polyani called the "great transformation" of European society, involving the breakdown of the pre-modern order and its safeguards for a stable population by means of understandings about community use of land, perhaps resulting in the popularity of emigration to the New World by dispirited, dispossessed, and to some extent dangerous people.
Several times Darcia...
2019-04-2227 min
Talk World RadioTalk Nation Radio: Darcia Narvaez on Neurobiology and the Development of Human MoralityDarcia Narvaez is Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame and focuses on moral development and flourishing from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating anthropology, neuroscience, clinical, developmental and educational sciences. Dr. Narvaez’s current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture and moral character. One of her recent books, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom won the 2015 William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. She writes a popular blog for Psychology Today (“Moral Landscapes”).
2019-03-2029 min
Self-Reg - Science That ResonatesDarcia Narvaez - The Evolved NestDr. Darcia Narvaez is Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame specializing in ethical development and moral education, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association.In this episode of Self-Reg: Science That Resonates, Dr. Narvaez talks about The Evolved Nest—the things that all children need surrounding them in the early years of life.
2019-02-1156 min
Mad in America: Rethinking Mental HealthDarcia Narvaez - Reclaiming HumanityIn this second interview in our Science and Pseudoscience of Mental Health series, Dr. Sharna Olfman interviews Dr. Darcia Narvaez. In 1955, Erich Fromm published a book called The Sane Society. The basic premise is that cultures that support our existential needs for love, community, autonomy, creative expression, purpose, meaning, and communion with nature, enable us to become fully actualized, sane human, beings. Cultures that fail to do so, engender mental illness. Darcia Narvaez,1 a Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, has taken up the mantle of Fromm's quest to identify and promote sane cultural p...
2018-12-211h 04Mad in America: Rethinking Mental HealthDarcia Narvaez - Reclaiming HumanityIn this second interview in our Science and Pseudoscience of Mental Health series, Dr. Sharna Olfman interviews Dr. Darcia Narvaez. In 1955, Erich Fromm published a book called The Sane Society. The basic premise is that cultures that support our existential needs for love, community, autonomy, creative expression, purpose, meaning, and communion with nature, enable us to become fully actualized, sane human, beings. Cultures that fail to do so, engender mental illness. Darcia Narvaez,1 a Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, has taken up the mantle of Fromm's quest to identify and promote sane cultural p...
2018-12-211h 04
Adventures Through The MindPrimal Parenting and The Evolved Nest w/ Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. ~ Ep 52Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her prior careers include professional musician, classroom music teacher, business owner, seminarian and middle school Spanish teacher. Dr. Narvaez's current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture and moral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and education sciences in her theories and research about moral development. *** If you are enjoying the show, I ask you to please contribute to the show by way of a one-time donation or by becoming a continuous su...
2017-07-261h 41
Last Born In The Wilderness69 / The Bow That Is Stable / Darcia NarvaezDarcia Narvaez is a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, where she studies flourishing and compassionate moral development and ecological attachment in children and adults. She is the author or editor of dozens of books, chapters and articles. Her recent book, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom, won the William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association and from the American Education Research Association’s Moral Development and Education SIG. She writes a popular blog for Psychology Today, Moral Landscapes.
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2017-07-251h 11
The Wild Sovereign Soul ShowWhy reclaiming connection is the solution to the world's challenges. A Happy Hour Conversation with Darcia NarvaezThis week's show is with Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Darcia publishes extensively on moral development and education. Author or editor of 13 books, her most recent authored books include Embodied Morality: Protectionism, Engagement and Imagination, and Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom, which won the William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association. She is executive editor of the Journal of Moral Education. She also writes a popular blog for Psychology Today ("Mor...
2017-02-0147 min
The Ripple Effect PodcastThe Ripple Effect Podcast #112 (Darcia Narvaez,PhD)Dr. Darcia Narvaez is an professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, author & researcher. She is an expert in how human beings raise children in different cultures around the world.Dr. Narvaez academic scholarship has moved from work on nonconscious moral rationality (in the 1990s), to moral character education in the schools (late 1990s- early 2000s), to the neurobiology of moral development (mid 2000s to present), to the study of evolved parenting practices (presently), and the study of small-band hunter-gatherers who represent the type of society in which humans evolved (presently). All this comes together in...
2017-01-021h 08The Wild Sovereign Soul ShowHow to raise a happy, healthy human. A Happy Hour Conversation with Darcia NarvaezThis week's show is with Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Darcia publishes extensively on moral development and education. Author or editor of 13 books, her most recent authored books include Embodied Morality: Protectionism, Engagement and Imagination, and Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom, which won the William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association. She is executive editor of the Journal of Moral Education. She also writes a popular blog for Psychology Today ("Mor...
2016-12-0645 min
Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan210 - Darcia Narvaez (Primal Parenting)Darcia Narvaez teaches in the Psychology department at the University of Notre Dame. She's an expert in how human beings raise children in various cultures around the world. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
2016-10-311h 25
Inside Education - a podcast for educators interested in teachingPodcast 187, Darcia Narvaez on Moral Education (22-6-14)In this podcast, Professor Darcia Narvaez from the University of Notre Dame discusses the topic of moral education. She mentions the following two websites in the course of the programme which contain materials which are useful for teachers who wish to work on this topic with their students: https://cee.nd.edu/curriculum/curriculum1.shtml and http://www.devstu.org/research-child-development-project.
2014-06-2343 min